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Finding Alice
S. M. Skyborne
Have you ever been on holiday and just wanted to stay? How far would you go for this newfound freedom? For P.I. Toni Mendez, the honeymoon seems over with her long-time best friend — recently turned girlfriend. Needing time to think, she takes on what looks like a straightforward missing person case in a coveted holiday destination. However, she soon realises this case might not be the stroll on a beach she had hoped for. Alice has lived a sheltered, privileged life, controlled and influenced by those around her, until one day, in one of the most beautiful locations in the world, she walks out. Cape Town, South Africa — renowned as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with its white sand beaches, majestic Table Mountain, nearby wine lands, and scenic drives. Behind the shiny tourist veneer, it is a place with a dark underbelly of crime and conflict; a city on the edge, where life is cheap and...
Sugar and Spice
Sam Skyborne
What do you do if you've been a workaholic most of your life and then suddenly, that all-consuming focus is gone: sold overnight for a tidy sum! Great position to be in, right? Yes.... But now what? Spice, a successful entrepreneur from London, finds herself exactly here. How bare and lonely her life now seems. What on earth is she going to do now? The sensible thing: Brace and step into a new direction... but perhaps after a well-deserved break to recover and reassess. And where better to relax and regroup than on a sleepy Greek island with her best friend, Jacko? Wrong! There is nothing sleepy about this island, and my goodness, does she need to brace for what comes next. Warning: Spice gets herself into some deliciously deep water! Disclaimer: No photographers or ex-pats were harmed in the writing of this book. ...
Risk
S. M. Skyborne
Some people bring out the best in you... Some people the worst! And, sometimes it's hard to distinguish which is which. Toni Mendez, an ex-cop turned private investigator in London, takes on a case to find the truth behind the violent murder of the young wife of a successful entrepreneur, Lucille Ransom-Evans. Little did she know that this case would bring to her door Maxine Bennett, a feisty, opinionated, American detective, on the hunt for a serial killer. Maxine not only infiltrates Toni's working life presenting a sore reminder of a profession she once loved, as a British detective, she also invades her private life by seducing her best friend, Lizbeth Du Cannon. As the action-packed investigation continues, Toni is engulfed, both professionally and privately, into a racy subculture she knew only from a distance - the LGBTQ+ world. She is forced to reassess everything she thought she knew about herself, her...


